. " aa HIRTICAULUM PIA. Seed Msg: 1: 830. 
ROUGH P C- —A slender y Mons erect acie 
€: ( 1.7. 5 dm. G 2% high, , oft 
te-pilose sheaths, flat and usually glabrous leaves, and rs more or less 
— ng, many-flowered les. Sheaths usuall pere ies inter- 
nodes; leat- -blades 5-20 em. (2 long, pn mm, dee e, acute, sometimes 
de 2 (a, b, e) 
lanceolate, acute, about 3 mm. (137) long, poate First glume acuminate, 
two-thirds as long as the spikelet; second and third glumes lanceolate- 
mate, 5- to 7- nerved. The third glume anit Minti e palea is shown ph - 
the flowering glume by e, and the fertile palea by f.—Texas, New 
Arizona hae dae ( 
soon tk Galapagos Islands.) August, Septem 
roe. L. by its titer and more strongly tuberonlate 
a dl g fi t gl which is } to $ he spikelet. 
